Francis h



(No Model.)

F. H. RICHARDS. PACKING UASBFOR BUTTON FASTENERS. No. 322,009. PatentedJuly 14, 1885.

Fig.1.

a' \\[j 4. :3//Z

a. S Fifi. Q it 5; Mg

HHHHHHIIIHHHHIHHHHHIHHIIHINIHHHHHIIHHIHIIHHIIHHIHHIHIllIHIHIIHIIHHIIHHHHHIHWWitnesses.- Inventor.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. RICHARDS, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERI- CANBUTTON FASTENER COMPANY, OF NE\V BRITAIN, CONN.

PACKING-CASE FOR BUTTON-FASTENERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,009, dated July14,1885.

Application filed February 19, 1885. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. R101 ARDS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Springfield, county of Hampden, State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inButton-Fastener 'lPacking-Cases, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof, in which- Figure 1 shows the blank for making myimproved packing-case. Fig. 2 is a top view of the packing-casecompleted. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same, drawn in projection to I5Fig. 2. Fig. at is a side View of the com pleted case filled withbutton-fasteners. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of Fig. 3, showing abutton-fastener as held in the case. Fig. 6 illustrates the manner ofremoving the case from the incloscdbutton fastener. Fig. 7- shows a casefull of the fasteners placed in the magazine of abutton-fastener-setting machine, ready for the removal of the case.

Similar characters designate the same parts in all the views.

This invention relates to packing-eases that are more especially adaptedfor holding oneprong button-fasteners which are cut out of sheet metal.

The object is to provide a convenient case or receptacle into which thebutton-fasteners may be packed by hand or by mechanical appliances, andthere kept in readiness for placing in the magazine of abutton-fastener-set- 3 5 ting maehineas, for instance, the magazine M,(shown in Fig. 7, and in United States Patent No. 311,033, granted to meJanuary 20, 1885,) to which reference may be had.

The invention consists in a packing-ease 4,0 having the constructionsubstantially as here inafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, A designates the blank, formed, preferably, of softthin sheet metal, from which my improved paekingcase is made. This blankis so proportioned in its several dimensions as to produce a packingeasehaving the desired size and shape. The

ends of the blank are provided with projecting lips to a, the purpose ofwhich will be explained further on.

T is the top portion of the completed ease, shaped to correspond withthe head H of button-fastener F. One side of the case, at S, is bentover into a clasp, (I, so as to inclose one end of the fastener -head,as shown best in Fig. 5. On the other side it is formed to hook over theopposite end of the head, as at S, and preferably has a wing, W, wherebythe case may be unbent, as shown in Fig. 6, and then slipped off fromthe head H, as shown by dotted lines in this figure.

The case having been shaped to conform to the fasteners, substantiallyas shown, it is next filled with fasteners, as in Fig. 4., and the lipsa, Fig. 1, are bent down over the ends of the row of the fasteners F, asin Figs. 2 to 6, so as to hold said fasteners from falling out. Thefilled cases are packed in boxes for shipment or laid away for futureuse. Vhen the fasteners are inserted into the groove of the magazine M,(M being the magazine-lock, as described in my patent aforesaid,) asshown in Fig. 7, the operator then partially unbends the case, asillustrated in Fig. 6, and slides it sidewise off from the head, as alsoindicated in this figure, leaving the fasteners in the magazine as shownin Fig. 6 of my said Patent No. 311,033.

The material of which I propose to manu-- facture these packing-cases isthin tin-plate or sheet-zine, but any other material adapted for thepurpose may be used instead.

It should be understood that lip a may be formed on any part of the endof the ease, provided it can be bent down over the end of the case tohold the fasteners therein; also, that wing \V, while very useful initself, is not essential to the utility of this packingcase, and may bedispensed with, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The improvedbutton-fastener packing case herein described, comprising a top portion,T, a clasp, (1, formed to close over one end of the fastener-head, andhook S formed 3. The improved button-fastener packing- IO to closeagainst; butnot over said head, subcase herein described, comprising thetop porstantially as described. tiion, T, clasp (Z, and hook S, bothformed as 2. The improved button-fastener packingspeeified, and Wing \Vextending from said case herein described, comprising the top p0rwingsubstantially as described. tion, T, clasp cl, and hook S, formed asspeci- FRANCIS l-I. RICHARDS. lied, and lips a, extending from the endof the Witnesses: case and adapted to be turned up over the end 1 I).\V. DODSON, of said ease, substantially as described. R. L. Prick.

